And compositing bites the dust
Next Wednesday will be our last compositing class… yay… an extra day to work on our demo reels!! That extra day is actually going to be pretty important.
In the first term, I have to say, I really wasn’t enjoying compositing, or “Combustion” at all. The software seemed so complicated and confusing, and I really didn’t know why we were using it compared to other video editing software. But After term two, we learned a lot more. We used it a lot more, and thus I came to understand it a lot more. It really does have a lot to offer that I didn’t know about… particles for instance!! which are in my videos that I’ll post at the end. But I’m really actually starting to like this class a lot more than I thought I would… still doesn’t compare to Maya classes, but I definitely enjoyed it.
Here are some videos I made this term:
That was a dust particles assignment
And that was a ship particles assignment
And finally, the one that I had most frustration with, and am still not happy with, the CG on Real assignment
My first problem was that I didn’t use a tripod. Which was actually on purpose, but it ended up causing way to many problems. I stabilized the footage, but that only made it half better. I was going to add the ship to the stabilized footage, and then destabilize it to look like it was shot without a tripod, and the ship would match the movement… but it didn’t work, and I had to try and fudge it a bit… but I don’t think it turned out.
Anyway, I really enjoyed this class this semester, and I’m looking forward to next semester now.
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